Higher educational cost-sharing, dual-track tuition fees, and higher educational access: the East African experience
Johnstone, Bruce; Marcucci, Pamela; Ngolovoi, MaryAbstract:
This paper focuses on a particular type of dual tracking tuition in East Africa. Case studies conducted in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania describe how these policies are practiced and the outcomes of their implementation. The paper also explores the factors which influence the relationship between a dual tracking tuition policy and the degree to which higher education is correlated with socioeconomic class.The success of dual tracking policies in expanding capacity and quality and increasing participation and equity are discussed in conclusion to the paper.
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| Document Title: | Higher educational cost-sharing, dual-track tuition fees, and higher educational access: the East African experience |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Paper (Not Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Finance and Physical Resources |
| Country: | East Africa |
| Keywords: | Dual tracking,Cost Sharing, Eastern Africa, Financing of Higher Education, Tuition Fees |
| File Size: | 443 KB |
| Rights: | Johnstone, Bruce |
| Additional information: | Presented at the IREDU Conference on the Economics of Education in Dijon, France, June 2006. |
| Date Added: | 13 December 2006 |